Register Guidelines E-Books Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book General > Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links)

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 04-12-2011, 02:45 PM   #1
sufue
lost in my e-reader...
sufue ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sufue ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sufue ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sufue ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sufue ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sufue ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sufue ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sufue ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sufue ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sufue ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.sufue ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 7,505
Karma: 52307550
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: sunny southern California, USA
Device: Android phone, Sony T1, Nook ST Glowlight, Galaxy Tab 7 Plus
freebies at National Academies Press - from time to time

I searched the forums and found only a couple of glancing mentions, buried in the middle of other threads, of the National Academies Press, which periodically puts out some of its titles as freebies for download. These are mostly (all?) in .pdf format.

I'm not going to try to list even the current ones. Although they are sometimes really timely (e.g. some books and reports NAP put out about energy a while back), most of the titles tend to be pretty esoteric. For example, some current freebies include:
  • Challenges and Opportunities for Education About Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences
  • The Science of Adolescent Risk-Taking: Workshop Report
  • New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics

And the NAP website can be a little cloogey to navigate.

But, if you're looking for some cutting-edge, well-refereed (I was on a National Academies committee, and the peer review process was long and detailed) books or book-length reports on topics which sometimes are of current interest, I think their stuff is worth checking out.

Disclaimer: although I served on one NA committee, I don't work for NAP, nor am I pitching our committee's report...which is not free anyway

There is a "freebies" webpage as part of their site:

http://notes.nap.edu/category/free-from-nap/

And you can also sign up for their e-mail updates, which include info on new freebies, here:

http://www.nap.edu/updates/index.html

Anyway, for all of you nerds, errrrrrr, us nerds, out there...this is, IMO, a website worth checking out from time to time.

Last edited by sufue; 04-12-2011 at 02:53 PM.
sufue is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Time Hack is not your father's time-travel book carelmackenbach Self-Promotions by Authors and Publishers 5 03-19-2012 11:48 AM
Is it time to split the Freebies forum ? tech_au Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) 30 11-12-2009 10:37 AM
Hilton, James: Time and Time Again, v.1, 29 Feb 2008. hn_88 BBeB/LRF Books (offline) 0 02-29-2008 12:24 PM
iLiad An idea to mitigate boot time (and app launch time) -- For future use Antartica iRex Developer's Corner 14 11-05-2006 02:16 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:39 AM.


MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.